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Plastic Tabbed Navigation Bar in 5 Minutes

1. Create a new layer set and name it "Selected Button ". With a Rounded Rectangle Tool radius 5 px create a shape:

2. Then take a Rectangle Tool and create a second shape in the same layer with "Intersect with shape area" option active to intersect new shape with existing one:

3. Double-click on this layer to open the Layer Style window and use the settings from the following image for Gradient Overlay:

Bevel and Emboss:

Drop Shadow:

Here is a result:

4. Dublicate "Selected button" layer set and move it to the left. Name dublicated set "Button out":

5. Dublicate a "plastic" shape, disable all effects under this layer:

6. Click this layer and change the color of the shape to #000000, then set the blend mode for this layer to Soft Light with opacity 80%.

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7. CTRL+Click black layer to load a selection:

add new layer (I named it "shadow") and with a Gradient Tool from a color #00446A to transparent create a bottom shadow. Deselect.

8. Dublicate "button out" set several times:

Add your text (in Photoshop or editable in HTML) and enjoy.

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Nathalie is a Belgium-based freelance web designer and graphics artist with 6 years of experience. Owner of 4design.tv.

3 Responses to “Plastic Tabbed Navigation Bar in 5 Minutes”

  1. TutsKing says:

    Its great to show how navigation tabs like these are more simple to create than you’d think. The text emboss really finishes it off nicely.

  2. Sanjib says:

    Simply handy tutorial,very helpful ,want more like this.Good going man.

  3. eldin says:

    hi man.. very good tutorial
    do you know where i can find the script for this simple leave a reply box .. tutorial, link or sometnih plzz ?
    guestbook like this on your site..
    thx

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